St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-03
STRAY SUNREANIS.


STRAY SUNBEANIS.
Bishop IRELAND'SS speech at the Loyal
legion banquet "Wednesday was model
of finished oratory. His subject was
"Patriotism," and was one which
seemed to kindle all the ardent enthusi-
asm of his warm Irish nature. To those
who were not accustomed to hear him
speak, the touch of the rich brogue
which still fringeS his oratOry made it
more difficult to keep up with the fluent
and finished sentences which rolled
from his lips like apples of gold set in
frames of silver.
In addition to the fsrvid patriotic SEN
timent of the bishops speech, it was
peculiarly admirable for the style of
composition. Every sentence was
scholarly arrangement of words put to-
gether in a manner of the most finished
construction. And in each sentence was
a kernel of thought of terminating
quality. In all respects the speech was
brilliant specimen of that classic style
of oratory which was forcibly suggestive
OF CIGERo's best efforts.
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Gov. RAMsAYs's soliloquy: "Great-
ness has its penalties. To have been
MinneSOta's war governor is an honor
which any man must value. But this
thing of being called upon to respond to
the toast 'Minnesota's War Governors
at every banquet for the last twenty
five years is calculated to make even a
man of my physical vigor feel weary. I
see l am down for the same old toast to-
night. I'll fix scheme to get out of it.
When my time comes l will arise and
ask Bishop IRELAND to speak first. He
IS just back from Europe, and the people
are anxious to hear him. The hour is
getting late, and by the time the bishop
gets through the audience will be ready
to go home"
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And sure enough the old war COVER
nor worked his scheme to perfection. 1t
happened just that way. But when
Gov. RAMSAY got out into the corridor
and was making his way to the cloak
room the crowd gathered about him and
insisted on hearing that speech. A
smile wreathed that honest old Scotch
face as he pacified the public demand
upon his Oratorical abilities with the re-
mark: Just wait until the next meet
ing of the Postum club and will crafty
you"
Gen. J. ii. LBAKER: eff this spread
is intended to revive "reminiscences of
camp life DENNIS RYAN and Manager
EMERSON must have been pretty high
toned soldiers. l fail to see anything
on this menu, in these flowers, in this
decorated china, OF in those Embarrassed
walters to recall memories of camp life.
The way we got up a banquet in those
days was to take a bareback in one
hand, a chunk of fat pork in the other
and sit down on a log to eat it, thanking
the good Lord all the while that we had
enough of bacon and crackers
~
Our Washington dispatches this morn
ing confirm the long talked of story that
the president is coming West, and that
ST. Paul is to be included in the circuit.
The president has very wisely deferred /
the trip until fall, when our pumpkins
are largest and our cider the newest. If
he should happen to strike Minnesota
about'the time of our.state fair it would
be a revelation to him.
1t is also announced in connection
with the presidents visit that he is go
ing to pay his own way. That is all
right. twill be good example to set
the oficeholders. But he will find a
mighty hard job to pay his own way
when passing through Minnesota. If
there is any one thing we pride our
selves in it is our hospitality. We have
a record on that which even the presi-
dent of the United States will not be
permitted to break.
There is only one of two interpretations
to be placed upon it, When an individ-
ual says that if we had had Republican
president instead of a Democratic
president Company 3D." would have
had first prize, he either mistakes his
auditors for chumps or he is chump
himself.